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The House Band
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The House Band Topic Records 12TS439 (LP, UK, 1985) |
Recorded at Ideal Sound Recorders, London;
Engineered by David Kenny;
Produced by The House Band and David Kenny;
Photography by David Peabody;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Ged Foley: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals;
Ian MacLeod: ten-string mandolin, guitar, vocals;
Chris Parkinson: melodeon, grand piano, synthesisers, vocals;
Jimmy Young: small pipes, flute, whistles
Tracks
Side 1
- The Tornado Two-Step / The Cooper / The Woodpecker (4.38)
- Here’s the Tender Coming (3.34)
- Major Harrison’s Fedora (4.10)
- War Party / Lost Night (4.11)
- An Erminig Hag An Greskenn / The Anti-Social Worker (3.56)
Side 2
- The Pitman’s Grievance (4.08)
- E I Ah Could Hew (3.15)
- Green Fields of Canada / The Amalgamation (5.11)
- Cawsand Bay (4.15)
- The Swallowstail / Lady Charlotte Campbell’s / Gordon Campbell’s ”Mess” (3.16)
All tracks trad. arr. House Band except
Tracks 1ac, 4b, 5b, 8b, 10c Jimmy Young;
Track 4a E. Grant;
Track 5a Heri Leon;
Track 6 Ged Foley;
Track 7 Ed Pickford
> Folk Music > Records > The House Band: Pacific
The House Band: Pacific
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Pacific Topic Records 12TS445 (LP, UK, 1987) |
Recorded at Ideal Sound Recorders, London;
Engineered by David Kenny;
Produced by The House Band and David Kenny;
Photography by Michael de Camp and David Peabody;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Brian Brooks: bouzouki, keyboards, whistle, vocals;
Ged Foley: guitar, mandolin, Northumbrian small pipes, vocals;
Chris Parkinson: melodeons, keyboards, harmonica, whistle, vocals;
John Skeldon: flutes, whistles, bombardes
Tracks
Side 1
- Pacific: The Cobb / Unknown / The Metric Fox (4.03)
- The Diamantina Drover (6.35)
- Joy After Sorrow (Roud 855) (3.02)
- In at the Deep End: The Four Courts / The Fox on the Prowl (3.02)
- Old Man River (5.14)
Side 2
- The Pit Stands Idle (3.42)
- Going Places: Kato Sta Limonadika / The Trip to Amnesia (5.15)
- For the Sake of Example: Don’t You Go / The Distant Song / For the Sake of Example (10.48)
- Blazing Ruse: Ridee / Ronds de Loudeac (3.07)
All tracks trad. arr. House Band except
Tracks 1a, 8b John D. Skelton;
Track 2 H. McDonald;
Track 5 Jerome Kern;
Tracks 6, 8c Ged Foley;
Track 7b John D. Skelton, Brian Brooks;
Track 8a John Martyn
> Folk Music > Records > The House Band: Word of Mouth
The House Band: Word of Mouth
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Word of Mouth Topic Records 12TS451 (LP, UK, 1988) |
Recorded at Ideal Sound Recorders, London, 1988;
Engineered by David Kenny;
Produced by The House Band and David Kenny;
Photography by David Peabody;
Design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Ged Foley: vocals, guitar, Northumbrian small pipes;
Chris Parkinson: melodeons, keyboards, accordion, harmonica, vocals;
John Skeldon: flutes, bombardes, low bombarde, whistles, bodhrán
Tracks
Side 1
- Walls of Troy (3.07)
- The Dusty Miller / The County Ground (3.00)
- Lady Mary Hay’s Favourite Scotch Measure / Triti Puti (5.37)
- Wild Roving (5.09)
- An Dro D’Ogham / An Dro / Au Place de Serbie (4.19)
Side 2
- The Happy One-Step / Green Willis (2.43)
- From a Distance (5.24)
- The Peacock / Moldavian Song (5.58)
- The Bonny Light Horseman / The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein (7.56)
All tracks trad. arr. House Band except
Track 1 Terry Conway, Ged Foley;
Track 2b, 3b, 5c John D. Skelton;
Track 7 Julie Gold;
Track 8a trad. arr. Ged Foley;
Track 9b John A. MacLellan
> Folk Music > Records > The House Band
Other records with The House Band
Various Artists,
The World Is a Wonderful Place: Songs of Richard Thompson,
CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2003.2, 1993
Various Artists,
Huntingdon Folk 2,
CD, Speaking Volumes SVL 06CD, 1998
Various Artists,
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009